Abstract: | Reduction of dichlorodiphenylstannane with lithium followed by treatment with methyl iodide gave methyltriphenylstannane, dimethyldiphenylstannane and 1,2‐dimethyldistannane. 1,2‐Dilithiodistannane and triphenylstannyllithium were intermediates of this reaction. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |